May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIChrist assigns as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman: and simultaneously… He also assigns to every woman the dignity of every man.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.
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Take heart young people! Christ is calling you and the world awaits you! Remember the Kingdom of God needs your generous and complete dedication.
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The only struggle which religions can justify, the only struggle worthy of humans, is the moral struggle against humanity’s own disordered passions, against every kind of selfishness, against attempts to oppress others, against every type of hatred and violence.
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And so, like Moses (cf Ex 3, 5), in spirit we remove the shoes from our feet, on the threshold of the inner sanctuary that each of us must become as we meet the Lord.
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The Family that prays together, stays together.
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Not all are called to be artists in the specific sense of the term. Yet, as Genesis has it, all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life: in a certain sense, they are to make of it a work of art, a masterpiece.
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Man must reconcile himself to his natural greatness…. he must not forget that he is a person.
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To believe in Jesus is to accept what he says, even when it runs contrary to what others are saying. It means rejecting the lure of sin, however attractive it may be, in order to set out on the difficult path of the Gospel virtues.
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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.
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God is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross?
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An important day in a young person’s life is the day on which he becomes convinced that Christ is the only Friend who will not disappoint him, on which he can always count.
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Christ remains primary in your life only when he enjoys the first place in your mind and heart. Thus you must continuously unite yourself to him in prayer…. Without prayer there can be no joy, no hope, no peace. For prayer is what keeps us in touch with Christ.
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There is no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness.
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Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.
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